جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

Kevin Waltmanمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس ارشد

• Creative Writing
• Literature
• Composition & Rhetoric
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Kevin Waltman is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Alabama. He holds an MFA in Fiction from the same institution (2005). His teaching focuses on First-year writing, creative writing, and literature, with specialization in workplace literature and young-adult literature. His research interests span creative writing practices, literary analysis across historical periods, and digital humanities applications in pedagogy. Waltman's creative works include multiple fiction collections such as Quicks (2016), Slump (2014), and Next (2013), alongside short stories published in literary journals like Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet and Hunger Mountain . His young-adult novels Learning the Game (2005) and Nowhere Fast (2002) explore themes of adolescence and identity. No academic grants, fellowships, or scientific awards are explicitly listed in the provided text. His professional activities include contributions to the Strode Program and engagement with critical theory methodologies.

Ian Hagueمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Comics Studies
• Graphic Narrative
• Sensory Studies
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Dr. Ian Hague is the Associate Dean of Research and Reader in Graphic Narrative at the London College of Communication, University of the Arts London (UAL). He holds a PhD from the University of Chichester (accredited by Southampton), an MA in Cultural Studies from the University of Leeds, and a BA in English from the University of Hull. His research focuses on sensory and material cultures within comics and graphic novels, emphasizing their interdisciplinary potential. He is the author of *Comics and the Senses* (2014) and co-editor of *Representing Multiculturalism in Comics* (2015) and volumes on *Violence in Comics* (2020). Hague founded *Comics Forum* (2009), an annual conference, and co-founded UAL’s Comics Research Hub. He serves on editorial boards for *Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics* and *Studies in Comics*. His leadership roles include Design School Research Coordinator (2020–2024) and Associate Dean of Research (2024). He was awarded a Senior Fellowship of Advance HE in 2020 for contributions to education and research. His research explores digital comics’ materiality, multisensory engagement, and cultural representation. Current projects include a Collaborative Doctoral Partnership with the British Library on digital comics’ archival practices. He actively supervises PhD students and examines doctoral work across universities. His work bridges academic research with cultural institutions, fostering mentorship and interdisciplinary collaboration.

William Hayesمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Preferential choice
• Reinforcement learning
• Naturalistic decision making
• +۴ مورد دیگر

William Hayes is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Binghamton University, leading the Decision Research and Modeling (DReaM) lab. His research focuses on cognitive processes in decision making, particularly how context influences choice behavior and the computational mechanisms underlying experience-based decisions. Techniques employed include large-scale online experiments, eye-tracking, mouse-tracking, and computational modeling. He is currently accepting graduate students for Fall 2024. Education: Postdoc, Indiana University PhD, University of South Carolina MA, University of North Carolina Wilmington BS, North Greenville University Research Interests: Preferential choice and reinforcement learning Naturalistic decision making Hierarchical Bayesian models Machine learning methods applied to decision processes His work explores how people encode past outcomes and adapt behaviors for long-term rewards, with recent studies addressing attribute comparability, attention dynamics, and biases in large language models. The DReaM lab emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches to understanding decision mechanisms in complex environments. Lab/Team: The DReaM lab combines experimental psychology with computational methods to investigate decision-making systems, focusing on contextual influences and adaptive learning processes. Grants & Advising: While specific grants are not listed, his active student recruitment and publication record suggest ongoing research funding and mentorship roles. No awards are explicitly mentioned in the provided materials.

Kenneth J. Kurtzمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Cognitive Psychology
• Neural Network Models
• Categorization
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Kenneth J. Kurtz is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Binghamton University. His research focuses on cognitive mechanisms underlying categorization, comparison, and analogical reasoning. He investigates how these processes bridge perceptual experience and stored knowledge, with applications in education and machine learning. His lab employs behavioral studies and neural network models, such as the DIVA model, to study human learning and conceptualization. Education: PhD in Psychology from Stanford University, BS from Brown University. Current research interests include relational category learning, neural network simulations of cognition, and transfer of learning in educational settings. He is accepting graduate students for Fall 2024. Key research areas involve the role of comparison in promoting analogical transfer, relational encoding for problem-solving, and the design of effective pedagogical strategies to enhance conceptual understanding. His work emphasizes the interplay between perceptual input and abstract knowledge structures. Recent studies explore how structured comparison and category construction can improve generalization and transfer in learning tasks, with implications for both cognitive science and educational technology. His team also investigates computational models that simulate human categorization processes and their implications for AI.

Stephen Sheaمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Neuroscience
• Social Communication
• Auditory and Olfactory Systems
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Stephen Shea is a Professor at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) leading the Shea Laboratory. His research focuses on neural circuits underlying social communication and decision-making in mice, particularly relating to autism spectrum disorders and maternal behavior. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (2004) and has been recognized with awards such as the CSHL Stone Faculty Award (2018) and the Harry Ginsburg Prize (2004). His work integrates olfactory and auditory systems to study memory formation and synaptic learning, with recent breakthroughs in recording granule cell dynamics and linking MECP2 gene activity to auditory deficits in Rett syndrome models. Key affiliations include CSHL's Neuroscience department and adjunct roles at Stony Brook University. He has mentored over 15 students and postdoctoral fellows, including Alexa Pagliaro and Yunyao Xie. Grants from Simons and Whitehall Foundations fund his studies on maternal behavior circuits and MECP2 mechanisms. The Shea Lab collaborates widely, notably with Alexei Koulakov's team on odor learning models. His research spans from granule cell population dynamics to neurotensin neuron roles in dietary choices.

Cordula Vesperمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Joint Action Coordination
• Cognitive Science
• Sensorimotor Communication
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Cordula Vesper is an Associate Professor at the Department of Cognitive Science within the School of Communication and Culture at Aarhus University. Her research focuses on joint action coordination, sensorimotor communication, and the cognitive mechanisms underlying social interaction. She explores how individuals coordinate actions through nonverbal cues, proximal/distal spatial dynamics, and crossmodal correspondences, with applications in digital environments and museum spaces. Her work spans experimental psychology, neuroscience, and cultural evolution, investigating topics like motor variability’s impact on joint action, diversity in collective problem-solving, and rhythm perception. She actively participates in workshops and conferences, such as the 2022 SOMICS meeting and 2021 EEG hyperscanning workshop, emphasizing collaborative research and interdisciplinary dialogue. Vesper’s publications analyze communication strategies in joint tasks, demonstrating how partner actions are predicted through motor constraints and shared temporal structures. Her research highlights the role of abstraction, cognitive flexibility, and common ground in enabling coordinated behavior across diverse contexts.

Claude Alainمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Auditory Perception
• Cognitive Neuroscience
• Aging and Cognitive Decline
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Claude Alain is a Professor at the University of Toronto, holding cross-appointments in the Department of Psychology, Institute of Medical Sciences (Faculty of Medicine), and Music and Health Sciences (Faculty of Music). He leads the Alain Lab at Baycrest's Rotman Research Institute, focusing on auditory cognitive neuroscience, aging, and neuroimaging. His research employs EEG, MEG, and fMRI to study auditory perception, attention, memory, and their age-related changes, with a focus on bilingualism, musicianship, and dementia. Education: PhD in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Quebec. He has mentored numerous students and postdoctoral fellows globally, many of whom pursue academic or healthcare careers. His lab is funded by NSERC, Alzheimer Society of Canada, and the William Demant Foundation. Key research areas include auditory scene analysis, speech-in-noise comprehension, and EEG-based clinical applications. Current projects explore neurostimulation combined with music to enhance memory in older adults, and early Alzheimer's detection via multisensory evoked potentials (MSEP). Collaborative efforts span institutions like the University of Memphis and the Anderson Lab. The lab houses advanced EEG facilities and engages in translational research to address cognitive aging challenges.

Blair Armstrongمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Perception
• Cognition
• Cognitive Neuroscience
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Blair Armstrong is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto Scarborough (undergraduate appointment) and the University of Toronto (graduate appointment), affiliated with the Department of Psychology. He is also an Affiliated Researcher at the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain, and Language (BCBL). Holding a PhD from Carnegie Mellon University, his research focuses on cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying word comprehension, semantic memory, and lexical processing. His work integrates computational modeling, electrophysiological techniques, and behavioral experiments to explore ambiguity resolution, cross-linguistic differences, and decision systems. Education: PhD in Cognitive Science, Carnegie Mellon University. Research Interests: Cognitive and neural representations of word comprehension, semantic memory dynamics, ambiguity resolution, and computational methodologies for experimental design. He develops tools like Chronset for speech onset detection and SOS for optimizing stimuli, contributing to the broader field of psycholinguistics and cognitive neuroscience. Service and Grants: He has served on program committees for conferences such as the Cognitive Science Society and the Implicit Learning Seminar. He reviews grants for NSERC, SSHRC, ERC, and others. His editorial work includes guest editing a theme issue on statistical learning for Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Labs/Teams: Collaborates with BCBL researchers and contributes to interdisciplinary projects on statistical learning and language processing.

Rouwen Cañal Brulandمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Motor Learning
• Embodied Cognition
• Perception and Action
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Prof. Dr. Rouwen Cañal Bruland is a full Professor and Head of the Department for the Psychology of Human Movement and Sport at Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany). He also holds visiting professorships at Loughborough University (UK) and the University of British Columbia (Canada). His research focuses on embodied cognition, motor learning, and perceptual-motor expertise. He holds editorial roles in journals like Psychology of Sport and Exercise and Human Movement Science . Education: PhD in Psychology, University of Münster (2007) Positions at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (2008–2016), and international visiting research stays at Liverpool John Moores University, University of Hong Kong, and University of Virginia. Research Interests: Motor learning and decision-making under uncertainty Embodied cognition and multisensory integration Expert performance in sports like sailing and biathlon Effects of movement on temporal/spatial cognition Grants & Projects: Principal Investigator for VolkswagenStiftung’s “Navigating Anticipation Research to New Frontiers” (2024–2028) DFG-funded projects on motor-cognitive interactions and spatiotemporal biases Advising: Supervised over 10 PhD students, including recipients of prestigious awards like the dvs-Promotionspreis 2023. Current advisees include Henrietta Weinberg (handball decision-making) and Norman Hüttner (dyadic motive fit). Teaching: Leads courses in Sport & Exercise Psychology, Motor Learning, and Anticipation in Sport at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

Kasper Rodilمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Virtual Reality
• Participatory Design
• Human-Computer Interaction
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Kasper Rodil is an Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture, Design and Media Technology, Aalborg University, specializing in Virtual Reality, Participatory Design, and Human-Computer Interaction. His work bridges technology with sustainable practices and indigenous knowledge systems, particularly in African communities. Current research: Sustainable Architecture in Virtual Reality (PI), Indigenous Knowledge Technologies (Project Manager) Key collaborations: Namibia University of Science and Technology, San communities in Namibia Recent focus: Cultural-aware robots, circular design practices, gesture interaction systems Research trends show 15 publications (2022-2024) emphasizing: Co-design with indigenous communities (Namibia, San people) Virtual Reality for cultural preservation and sustainable architecture Human-robot interaction in shopping contexts Circular design practices for eco-friendly solutions Scientific awards : Best Demo (2023), Best Full-paper (2023) at African HCI Conference ACM Honorable Mention (2020) for VR research Grants & Projects : 6 active/finalized projects (2008-2024) including Sustainable Architecture in VR (2022-) Cultural-aware shopping robots (2023-2024) BYOR robot design (2017-2020)

Sofie Scheen Jahnsenمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر ارشد

• Heritage Studies
• Museology
• Cultural Heritage
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Sofie Scheen Jahnsen is a Research Fellow at the University of Oslo's Department of Archaeology, affiliated with the Faculty of Humanities. She is a core member of the HEI: Heritage Experience Initiative since 2022. Her research focuses on heritage, museums, foodways, and the intersection of archaeology with political discourse. Education: PhD candidate (since 2022), MSc in Museology (2018), MSc in Archaeology (2015), BSc in Archaeology (2012) – all from University of Oslo. Background: Field archaeologist (2011–2016), museum guide (2012–2017), research assistant (2019–2020), and coordinator for HEI (2019–2020). Research interests include multisensory museum experiences, the role of museums in democratic debate, and the socio-political dimensions of heritage. She has contributed to exhibitions showcasing medieval Oslo and Viking Age research, emphasizing critical analysis of national identity narratives. Publications span topics like food heritage, museum activism, and the social construction of historical narratives. Her work bridges archaeology, museology, and cultural studies, with a focus on contemporary societal relevance.

Emil Holmerمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Cognitive Science
• Developmental Psychology
• Psycholinguistics
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Emil Holmer is a Senior Associate Professor and Head of Division at Linköping University's Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, affiliated with the Disability Research Division (FUSA). His research focuses on language and communication across groups with sensory impairments, including deaf and hard-of-hearing children, individuals with deafblindness, and those with intellectual disabilities. He examines cognitive processes such as working memory, theory of mind, and phonological awareness, alongside interventions to improve literacy and communication outcomes. Holmer leads projects like the online cognitive hearing science test battery, aiming to study cognition-hearing relationships nationally. His teaching spans psychology, cognitive science, and disability studies, emphasizing experimental design and active listening skills. Research interests include the interplay between sign language proficiency and reading development, non-linguistic social information processing in sensory-impaired populations, and cognitive adaptations in deafblindness. He collaborates on studies involving fluid intelligence's role in speech recognition and the neurobiological underpinnings of sign language use. Holmer's work bridges developmental psychology, neuroscience, and educational interventions to address accessibility challenges. Advising and grants: Holmer supervises student research projects in psychology and cognitive sciences. His grants support studies on literacy interventions for students with disabilities and the development of inclusive cognitive assessment tools. He is part of the Linnaeus Centre HEAD and the Swedish Institute for Disability Research, contributing to interdisciplinary teams exploring disability's social and cognitive dimensions. Labs/teams: Active in the Disability Research Division (FUSA), focusing on disability measurement and communication strategies. Collaborates with the Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning to advance understanding of learning challenges in diverse populations.

Koen Gerard Alois Vervaekeمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Neuroscience
• Computational Neuroscience
• Neural Circuits
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Koen Gerard Alois Vervaeke is a Professor at the University of Oslo in the Faculty of Medicine , leading the Vervaeke Lab . His research focuses on understanding how brain circuits transform complex sensory inputs into coherent perceptions, with emphasis on dendritic integration and cortical network dynamics. 2011-2014: Janelia Farm Research Campus – Junior Fellow (Mentors: Karel Svoboda, Jeff Magee) 2007-2011: University College London – Postdoctoral Researcher (Angus Silver Lab) 2002-2007: University of Oslo – PhD in Physiology (Johan Storm Lab) Research Themes Neocortical processing of sensory information Dendritic integration of internal and external inputs Computational modeling of neural circuits Optogenetic manipulation in perceptual tasks In vivo two-photon imaging and electrophysiology Article Trends (2007-2025): Focus on hippocampal spatial coding (VIP interneurons, place cells), neocortical sensory integration, gamma oscillations, and astrocytic Ca 2+ signaling. Methodologies include in vivo imaging, dynamic clamp, and computational modeling. Scientific Awards ERC Starting Grant (2015) FRIPRO Young Research Talents Grant (2014) The lab combines experimental (mice behavioral studies, two-photon imaging) and computational approaches to model neural circuit operations. Their work aims to establish frameworks for understanding brain dysfunction in neuropsychiatric disorders.

• Computational Neuroscience
• Spatial Navigation
• Temporal Cognition
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Possessing a robust academic profile, Kay Thurley is a Researcher at the Faculty of Biology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. His scholarly work intersects computational neuroscience, spatial navigation, and temporal cognition, with a focus on rodent models in virtual reality environments. His research explores the neural basis of spatial navigation and temporal cognition , which is further elaborated through studies on Virtual reality systems for rodents Time reproduction tasks in prefrontal cortex Hippocampal spatial coding Synaptic plasticity mechanisms Animal behavioral modeling Recent publications highlight trends in naturalistic neuroscience and virtual reality applications , examining how rodents process duration, distance, and sensory stimuli through prefrontal cortex dynamics and hippocampal subpopulations . His work spans 2008–2022 , with collaborations across neuroscience, zoology, and neurophysiology. Contact: thurley@bio.lmu.de

Erik van der Burgمشاهده پروفایل

عضو هیئت علمی

• Multisensory Perception
• Cognitive Psychology
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Dr. Ing. Erik van der Burg is a Research Associate at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, affiliated with the Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences and the APH - Mental Health department. His research focuses on how individuals with and without autism process sensory information through modalities like vision, hearing, touch, and taste, with a particular emphasis on multisensory perception and cognitive psychology. He employs methodologies such as psychophysics, functional infrared thermal imaging (fITI), EEG, eye-tracking, machine learning, and skin conductance. He collaborates with the Netherlands Autism Register (NAR), a longitudinal cohort study, to improve support systems for autistic individuals. Research interests include multisensory integration, autism spectrum disorder, sensory processing, and the application of artificial intelligence in understanding perception. His work spans cognitive flexibility in autism, visual search mechanisms, and the impact of multisensory cues on food perception. Recent studies explore attentional tunneling in pilots, audiovisual synchrony perception, and machine learning tools for camouflage assessment. Dr. van der Burg has contributed to 130+ publications and 42 activities, including lectures on visual crowding and EEG biomarkers. He has been featured in 30 media contributions discussing dating app psychology and sensory perception. His datasets, such as contributions to the Face familiarity study, are publicly available on platforms like Figshare.